Cannon Bros.

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Cannon Bros. are a Canadian indie pop group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, consisting of Cole Woods and Alannah Walker.[1] They are most noted for their 2011 album Firecracker/Cloudglow, which was longlisted for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize.[2]

History[]

Childhood friends since elementary school, Woods and Walker formed their first band, The Playing Cards, in grade 8.[3] In that form they played at least one show in Winnipeg as an opening act for Great Lake Swimmers,[3] and were later active as supporting musicians for singer-songwriter Greg MacPherson before reforming as Cannon Bros. They released their debut EP in 2010.[4]

In 2011 the Cannon Bros released an album, Firecracker/Cloudglow.[5] The album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Albums chart in January, 2012.[6]

They followed up with the album Dream City in 2015.[7] This album also received significant airplay on campus and community radio, and appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in December that year.[8] The band continued performing in Winnipeg in 2016.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cannon Bros. 'Dream City' (album stream)". Exclaim!, October 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Two local acts make Polaris Prize long list". Winnipeg Free Press, June 15, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Cannon Bros Take Us On a Tour of the Teenage Wonderland Known as Suburban Winnipeg". Noisey, October 9, 2015.
  4. ^ "Cannon Bros. release Firecracker/Cloudglow on emerging label". Stylus, CKUW Radio, November 18, 2011 By Michael Elves
  5. ^ "Cannon Bros., Firecracker/Cloudglow". Exclaim!, November 16, 2011.
  6. ^ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 3, 2012". !earshot.
  7. ^ "Cannon Bros., Dream City". Exclaim!, October 7, 2015.
  8. ^ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 22, 2015". !earshot.
  9. ^ Daniel Colussi, "Live Review :: Jay Arner, Cannon Bros. Supermoon, Sam Singer". Stylus, July 18, 2016.
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